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Title: [2016-02-29] MedStar Washington Potentially Affected by Bitcoin Ransomware
Post by: virtuose247 on March 29, 2016, 12:32:07 PM
There are rumors circulating this healthcare institution is affected by Bitcoin ransomware, as one staffer mentioned how she saw a pop-up on two different computer screens. In this pop-up windows, there was information about the infection, and instructions to pay a ransom through “some form of Internet currency”. Those details have not been officially confirmed at the time of publication, though.

http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/03/29/medstar-washington-affected-bitcoin-ransomware/ (http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/03/29/medstar-washington-affected-bitcoin-ransomware/)